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07-08-2007, 09:42 AM
| | |  Umbridge: "Nazi-type behavior"
Imelda Staunton, David Yates & Emma Watson talk to the LA Times about the character of Umbridge in Order of the Phoenix. Quote:
"She's there to, that terrifying phrase, cleanse this place," says Staunton. "Her goal is to make things orderly and clean, everyone thinking like she's thinking, that terrifying Nazi-type behavior. She doesn't even like children." (Yates equates her to Oliver North. "He went under the radar and did the dirty stuff because he knew that's what the administration wanted," he notes. "Umbridge is doing the same thing. She's getting rid of Harry Potter because the ministry would really like that.")
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"Having seen 'Vera Drake,' I thought, 'How on Earth is she going to come across as anything but the nicest woman in the world?' " remembers Emma Watson, who plays Hermione Granger in the "Harry Potter" movies. "But she's perfect. There's something very distressing about Umbridge, probably because she has the classic appearance of some sort of aunt. But she is this very cruel … person."
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"It was horrible," says Staunton, who'd worked with Radcliffe previously on a BBC production of "David Copperfield." "I was fine at the time, but afterward, you're inside that skin for a while, and it's not a very pleasant place to be. It's an adult abusing a child, and whether you're a mother or not, for a female to do it to a child is unthinkable and unbearable and intolerable."
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Umbridge is evil! Lol! Sweet but oh so evil. She's like the family relative that just loves to make your life a nightmare. <.< Lol! | 
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07-08-2007, 09:47 AM
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If there wasn't an evil, evil Umbridge, there wouldn't be an OotP. 
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aww... I love that Staunton doesn't like to do it... haha
Great interview...
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07-08-2007, 10:31 AM
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nice interview!!
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Awsome interview.Imelda is a very great person.
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Great interview, Imelda is so awesome!! | |
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07-08-2007, 01:24 PM
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Lol, one word for Umbridge: Evil. | |
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Umbridge should die in DH. Get a taste of her own medicine 
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I love her because she's evil.... | |
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"Having seen 'Vera Drake,' I thought, 'How on Earth is she going to come across as anything but the nicest woman in the world?' "
Agreed! I was nervous at first but, after seeing all these clips from the movie, I'm excited to see how she played Umbridge. I think it is the fact that she looks like someone's aunt and that she speaks with a certain sweetness that will make her that much more evil. It's sort of unexpected and uncharacteristic (given what you see at first glance), and I think that's the worst kind of evil of them all. Can't wait to see it! | |
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She sounds so..horrible xD
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Perfect description of Umbridge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Umbridge is way too evil ,it's good that Imelda understands that. Or else she would have issues.
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Imelda is awesome! *Can't wait to see Umbridge in action*
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I can't wait to see Imelda as Umbridge!!
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It would be hard to play that part.
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I think Umbridge is the foulest character in the whole story, since she pretends to be part of the good guys.
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Umbridge i think is perfect in the book.....of course she has to be evil! | |
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Imelda is absolutely perfect for the role
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Who cant wait for Imelda to be evil? ME! WHOO
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Umbridge is probably the character I don't like the most. So yes, I totally agree with the phrase "nazi-type behavior".
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